THE IDENTITY OF AN OFFENDER AS AN ELEMENT OF THE FORENSIC CHARESTERISTICS OF THE SEIZURE OF ANOTHER’S PROPERTY BY ABUSE OF OFFICIAL POSITION WITH THE INVOLVEMENT OF FOREIGNERS

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to scientifically substantiate the structure of the identity of an offender – the source of
the forensic characteristics of the identity of an offender as one of the elements of the forensic characteristics of seizure
of another's property through abuse of office with the involvement of foreigners. Methodology. The methodological
basis of the research is a combination of both general scientific and special scientific methods and techniques of scientific knowledge. In particular, the comparative legal method was applied to study the legal category «identity of an
offender», the hermeneutic method was used to study the content of certain normative legal acts; the method of systematic analysis made it possible to find out the structural links between various elements, such as «corrupt actions»,
«official», «abuse of office». Scientific novelty. The structure of the identity of an offender is scientifically substantiated
as one of the elements of the forensic characteristics of seizure of another’s property by abuse of office with the involvement of foreigners. Conclusions. Some scientific approaches to the study of the identity of an offender are generalized;
the features and properties (a forensic portrait has been drawn up) of the identity of an offender as one of the elements
of the forensic characteristics of the seizure of another’s property by abuse of office with the involvement of foreigners
are separated; the practical significance of the availability of generalized information about the identity of an offender
(the subject of the commission of a criminal offense) is highlighted, which will lead to the elucidation of the mechanism of the commission of the investigated criminal offense, the determination of the methods of its investigation.